LANING, Jay Ford, a Representative from Ohio; born in New London, Huron County, Ohio, May 15,
1853; attended the public schools, the Savannah (Ohio) Academy, and Baldwin University, Berea,
Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar in May 1875 and commenced practice in New London;
justice of the peace 1875-1881; member of the village council in 1876; moved to Norwalk, Ohio, in
January 1882; practiced law until 1885 and then engaged in the publishing business; member of the
city council 1887-1889; member of the State senate 1893-1897; delegate to the Republican National
Conventions in 1904 and 1908; elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4,
1907-March 3, 1909); renominated in 1908, but withdrew and resumed the publishing business in
Norwalk, Ohio; devoted his time to the writing, editing, and publishing lawbooks and school
textbooks; died in Norwalk, Ohio, on September 1, 1941; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.